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CITY CLERK' S DEPARTMENT
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk :J)5-F
DATE: May 5, 1998
SUBJECT: ITEM 10.F., CONSIDER RESOLUTION OPPOSING PROPOSITION 227,
MAY 6, 1998, AGENDA
Attached is a copy of a draft resolution, that Councilmember Perez
requested be prepared, pertaining to Item 10.F. on the May 6
agenda.
cc: Steve Kueny, City Manager
RESOLUTION 98-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING PROPOSITION
227, THE RON UNZ INITIATIVE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE
"ENGLISH FOR THE CHILDREN" INITIATIVE)
WHEREAS, the Unz Initiative attacks local control by
eliminating the ability of local school districts, teachers, and
parents to determine the most effective methods to teach their own
children; and
WHEREAS, the Unz Initiative denies children under the age of
ten additional English instruction if they test below average on
English exams; and
WHEREAS, the UNZ Initiative outlaws existing language programs
that are proven successes; and
WHEREAS, the Unz Initiative mandates a state - imposed "one -
size- fits -all" method of teaching children language skills that can
be amended only by a two - thirds vote of the Legislature and a
Governor's signature or by another initiative; and
WHEREAS, according to the impartial State Legislative Analyst
and by its own wording the Unz Initiative will not save taxpayers
one cent;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Moorpark
opposes Proposition 227, the Ron Unz Initiative, also known as the
"English for the Children" Initiative.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED THIS DAY OF MAY, 1998.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk